Weekly News (July 9, 2018)

Cigar News

• Altadis U.S.A. Adds H. Upmann Grupo de Maestros Connecticut
• Bespoke Humidor Collection Announced
• Bespoke Daughters of the Wind Small Batch Exclusive Arrives
• CLE Prieto Adding Box-Pressed Diadema
• CLE Expands Four Lines
• Colibri Adding Quasar Punch
• Crowned Heads Court Reserve XVIII Shipping This Fall
• Daniel Marshall Debuting 35th Anniversary Cigar
• Daniel Marshall Adding Ambiente Affordable Luxury Collection
• Daniel Marshall Adding Art Cigar
• Daniel Marshall Adding Passion for Harley’s Humidors, Cigarillo Cases
• DBL Cigars 35th Anniversary Debuting at IPCPR 2018
• DBL Shipping Derame III in August
• Drew Estate Adds 14 More Tins
• Drew Estate Kentucky Fire Cured Sweets Heading to IPCPR 2018
• Drew Estate Adds Isla del Sol Maduro, Gorditos
• E.P. Carrillo Adding Inch Ringmaster
• El Artista Launching Cimarron at IPCPR 2018
• Enki Cigars Moves Headquarters
• Epic Sends Northern Comfort to Canada
• Felix Assouline Announces Ego White
• Flor y Nata Ships Updated Core Line
• Foundation Adds The Tabernacle Havana Seed CT #142
• Fratello Updates Bianco, Classico Packaging
• General Cigar Co. Adding Hoyo La Amistad Black
• Global Premium Cigars Adds Cachitos
• Gurkha Reintroduces Flavored Cigar Trio
• IPCPR Moves Events from Westgate to Las Vegas Convention Center
• Island Lifestyle Adding Island Club Cigars
• Joya de Nicaragua Adding Cinco Décadas
• Joya de Nicaragua Adding Joya Silver
• K by Karen Berger Connecticut Debuting at IPCPR 2018
• La Barba Plans One & Only 2018
• La Sonrisa Adding El Profesor at IPCPR 2018
• Left Hand Cigar Co. Debuting With Two New Lines
• Micallef Adding Five Grande Bold Lines
• Montecristo Nicaragua Heading to IPCPR 2018
• Ohana Launches Sister Company, Left Hand Cigar Co.
• Por Larrañaga Gran Robusto Edición Regional Arrives in The Netherlands
• Potter Cigars Adding Salomon Black at IPCPR 2018
• Quesada Revamps Fonseca Classic Packaging
• Rocky Patel Announces ALR
• Southern Draw Adds 300 Hands, 300 Manos
• Southern Draw’s Cedros Slated for IPCPR 2018
• Tatuaje Nuevitos, Jibaro Returning
• Tatuaje Adding Surrogates Eight Baller, Satin Glove SG654
• Tatuaje The Bride Details Emerge
• Tommy Bahama Adds Two New Lighters
• VegaFina Fortaleza 2 Barrel Aged Galeones Launches in Europe
• Viaje Teases Private Keep
• Viaje Teases Satori Return
• Villiger Promotes Hector Pires to National Sales Director
• Warped Serie Gran Reserva 1988 Shipping This Month
• Westgate Hotel Experiences Suspected Norovirus Outbreak
• XIKAR Adding HP3, Turismo Lighters
• XIKAR Adds Verano, Lowers Butane Price
• XIKAR Adds XFlame Lighter

Legislation

• FDA Cigar Warning Labels Delayed
• Texas FDA Lawsuit Moved to D.C. — And it’s Appealed

• Mount Zion, Ill. Goes Smoke-Free, Tobacco-Free on Village Property — via Herald-Review.com
• Paris, France Moving Towards Complete Parks Smoking Ban — via NorwayPost.net
• Sherburne County, Minn. Makes Parks Tobacco-Free — via WJON.com
• South Haven, Mich. Bans Smoking at Parks and Beaches — via HeraldPalladium.com
• Wilbraham, Mass. Begins Process to Raise Tobacco Purchase Age to 21 — via MassLive.com

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Charlie Minato

I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media, LLC. I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed, one of the two predecessors of halfwheel. I have written about the cigar industry for more than a decade, covering everything from product launches to regulation to M&A. In addition, I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at halfwheel. I enjoy playing tennis, watching boxing, falling asleep to the Le Mans 24, wearing sweatshirts year-round and eating gyros. echte liebe.